Tweeten Virgin Tips

SpiderJerusalem

SpiderJerusalem

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Has anyone used the new Virgin tips from tweeten? Just curious as to a hardness comparison, etc. Any thoughts?
 
We got ahold of one of these tips a few months ago and had it installed, it's a softer tip than the LePro for sure and while it holds chalk very well it also loses shape quickly too. Maybe it's because I'm a banger ha ha, but some people will like it since there are no soft/med. soft 1pc tips out there besides the Elkmaster really.
 
i got one too, but mine was different than neil's experience. could just be variance from tip to tip. the tip i installed was on the medium hard side, and held shape well. it terms of hit, it was kind of a blend between a good firm triangle and a hard lepro. it held chalk really well. i think some people might be thrown off by the white color, but you can color the sides if that bothers you. the only problem is that the biggest size they make is 13mm. i think most installers prefer getting 14mm or larger and trimming down flush, assuming your standard shaft is 13mm.

i talked to the prez of tweeten about this tip and he had some interesting things to say. one, that layered tips may not necessarily be more expensive to make and that their profit margins are thru the roof. apparently the leather they use is much cheaper, very thin scrap leather that can't be used for anything else. one piece, thick leather costs much more. of course more labor is involved in gluing the layered tips together, so if you buy into this theory, the tips probably cost about the same to make. he feels strongly that layered tips are no better than non-layered (even worse in fact, due to the fact that a large part of the tip is comprised of glue giving a bad hit and you get glue rings when shaped which can cause miscues) and the layered tip makers are ripping people off on cost. i'm sure this will add fire to the never ending layered vs non-layered debate.

anyways, he said the virgin is the first 'premium' tip by tweeten to compete against the layered tips. he also indicated that early next year they will have something new in this area as well.
 
McChen said:
i got one too, but mine was different than neil's experience. could just be variance from tip to tip. the tip i installed was on the medium hard side, and held shape well. it terms of hit, it was kind of a blend between a good firm triangle and a hard lepro. it held chalk really well. i think some people might be thrown off by the white color, but you can color the sides if that bothers you. the only problem is that the biggest size they make is 13mm. i think most installers prefer getting 14mm or larger and trimming down flush, assuming your standard shaft is 13mm.

i talked to the prez of tweeten about this tip and he had some interesting things to say. one, that layered tips may not necessarily be more expensive to make and that their profit margins are thru the roof. apparently the leather they use is much cheaper, very thin scrap leather that can't be used for anything else. one piece, thick leather costs much more. of course more labor is involved in gluing the layered tips together, so if you buy into this theory, the tips probably cost about the same to make. he feels strongly that layered tips are no better than non-layered (even worse in fact, due to the fact that a large part of the tip is comprised of glue giving a bad hit and you get glue rings when shaped which can cause miscues) and the layered tip makers are ripping people off on cost. i'm sure this will add fire to the never ending layered vs non-layered debate.

anyways, he said the virgin is the first 'premium' tip by tweeten to compete against the layered tips. he also indicated that early next year they will have something new in this area as well.
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Any more info on these tips?
 
these tips are still made afaik, but I haven't really been using them. the main problem is that they seem to be unable to make a 14mm size, the ones you get now are 12.5mm, which only fits on skinny shafts that I don't use.
 
McChen said:
these tips are still made afaik, but I haven't really been using them. the main problem is that they seem to be unable to make a 14mm size, the ones you get now are 12.5mm, which only fits on skinny shafts that I don't use.
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damn yea I was going to try and find 13mm ones to try and make some duds out of and see how they play.
 
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